HHS Inspector General Report Finds Agency Significantly Underestimated Rate Of Improper Payments For Medicare Durable ... (Medical News Today)

HHS Inspector General Daniel Levinson on Monday released a federal audit that found that Medicare officials underestimated the amount of incorrect payments for durable medical equipment in 2006 and that the miscalculation was caused by the agency's failure to have auditors follow CMS' policy for checking claims, the Wall Street Journal reports (Zhang, Wall Street Journal, 8/26).

Congress tight with Medicare anti-fraud funds (Miami Herald)

For years, Medicare has begged Congress to help stop the loss of billions of dollars to healthcare scams from Miami to Los Angeles.

Medicare fraud rampant in South Florida (Miami Herald)

First in a series Whenever Alexander McCray lights up his crack pipe, U.S. taxpayers help pay for his habit. McCray has defrauded Medicare by selling his government-issued health card number to private clinics in exchange for kickbacks of $150 to $300 a visit -- as often as three times a day, three times a week over seven years, according to federal records and his own admission.